Q: Is 3,356,208 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,356,208 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 3,356,208 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 16 17 18 24 27 34 36 48 51 54 68 72 102 108 136 144 153 204 216 272 306 408 432 457 459 612 816 914 918 1,224 1,371 1,828 1,836 2,448 2,742 3,656 3,672 4,113 5,484 7,312 7,344 7,769 8,226 10,968 12,339 15,538 16,452 21,936 23,307 24,678 31,076 32,904 46,614 49,356 62,152 65,808 69,921 93,228 98,712 124,304 139,842 186,456 197,424 209,763 279,684 372,912 419,526 559,368 839,052 1,118,736 1,678,104 and 3,356,208, with no remainder.

Since 3,356,208 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,356,208, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).